Pet Portraits - Graphic Style

Our modern graphic style pet portraits are – even if we say so ourselves – fantastic!
Opposite are just a few examples of our modern pet portraits.

How we work with you to create your modern pet portrait

Step 1 - The photo
The first step will be for us to take a look at your photo and make sure we can work with it. For the best results we need to work from a clear, well lit and above all in focus photo. Please bear in mind that as a basic rule, the better the photo we receive, the better the end result will be. As the artist is working only from the photo and needs to be able to zoom in on it to find the detail, such as how the hair falls, it is very important that the shot is clear and in focus. As a guide, if you are unable to clearly see the colour of the pet's eyes, then the shot is probably not suitable. A shot with the pet taking up most of the frame is really ideal. Do remember that the portrait is about the pet, rather than the situation they are in, so rather boring shots work far better than action shots. As the pet portrait will hang on your wall for many years to come, it's worth taking time to get the right photo for the artist to work from! See examples of the sort of photo we need to create the best possible pet portrait.

Step 2 - Composition and colours
Once we have a photo we can work with, we will then move on to address the issue of composition and colours of your pet portrait:
Composition
This is essentially about where the subject sits within the canvas. To help decide on the composition of the pet portrait we will send back a number of crops of your photo for you to consider. Some will be close crops, concentrating very much on the face, with others showing more background.
Colours
This style works well with a single bold background colour, but any neutral colour will also look good. As a starting point you can let us know what you feel would fit in with your tastes and interior.
When we have decided with you on the composition and colours you would like to see, our artist starts work.

Step 3 - The pet portrait
About 2 weeks or so later, we would then email you back a first draft of your modern pet portrait, using the colours you have chosen, but also showing you how it would look using some other colour combinations. This gives you the opportunity to give us your feedback and to decide on the colour you really want before anything is printed.
Only when you are completely happy with the pet portrait is it then framed according to your request, packed up and despatched to you.
These pet portraits are finished as a dye sublimation print on canvas. This process gives you a wonderful and very contemporary matt finish with the grain of the canvas showing through slightly. This means no sheen to distract the viewer from the image and looks fantastic when it's just stretched around a wooden frame and hung on the wall

In all and depending on the style you choose, the process should take about 4 weeks.

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